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Definition of: carnassial
(kär·nas′ē·əl) adjective
Adapted for tearing flesh; sectorial: specifically said of the last upper premolar and the first lower molar in carnivores.
—noun A carnassial tooth. [<F carnassier carnivorous <Provençal carnacier <carnaza flesh <L caro, carnis flesh]
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